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No. 001 - Simple Addition [Written]
[It's about time to give this device a go. In neat, legible writing is simply the following:]
5 + 5 + 5 = 550
It appears I have my arithmetic out of sorts. However, it would be a shame to scrap the equation entirely. Can you help me correct it by adding a single straight line?
5 + 5 + 5 = 550
It appears I have my arithmetic out of sorts. However, it would be a shame to scrap the equation entirely. Can you help me correct it by adding a single straight line?
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[She knows that isn't the answer this stranger is looking for, but hey, Precis can be difficult
alwayssometimes.]You can't win them all.
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Not the solution I was thinking of, but I can't discount your creativity.
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1/?
5 + 5 4 5 = 550.
2/4?
WITH SOME THINKING.]
3/4 i think yes
4 yep lol 4 is also the answer
deep
like a well.
damn u weather
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You put a line through one of the plus signs, to make it look like a four. That way it looks like this.
[And he writes it out. Imagine the four is a plus sign with a little line on it.]
545 + 5 = 550
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Jeez, you must be excellent at puzzles. /completely puzzle dumb
oh god no this one killed me LOL
Oh, okay lol imma just cheat then /because Henry could probably figure this out.
it's okay i do it all the time :')
Awesome. And people say cheaters don't prosper
don't knock it 'til you try it, i say
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Guess that only works if you aren't counting 550 as one number.
Best I got.
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Abstract thinking is a valuable tool in puzzle-solving, but I'm afraid you have the wrong lead. Try to see the equation in a more... artistic light.
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5 + 5 + 5 = 550
5 + 5 + 5 =1550
if you ignore the 50
[Still terrible at them. Yep.]
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Because he is busy trying to decipher the new puzzle that is Red's answer.]
Unfortunately, no.
[That's... really all there is to say on the matter.]
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[written] auugh sorry i misread your previous tag
[written] it's fine! I wasn't too clear either
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[He smiles brightly. He really thinks he has this.]
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[voice] 1/2
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5 + 5 + 5 ≠ 550
[And another, letting her imagination play with it a bit more (after all, her artist father's blood flows through her, too): ]
5 + 5 4 5 = 550.
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5 + 5 + 5 = 550Then it might make sense.
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Doubtless, a harried instructor with altogether too many tests to grade would reach the same solution. But since we have the time, I think we can afford to be a bit more... constructive.
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[There will be a series of scribbles including the phrase "IT'S NOT FIFTEEN." on the page before she finally figures it out.]
545 + 5 = 550
Got anymore?
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Certainly. [He's always happy to indulge an eager puzzler.] Let's try something more practical this time.
Suppose you put a coin in a glass jar and then plug the opening with a cork. How can you retrieve the coin without breaking the glass or taking out the cork?
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>.< /feels horribly dumb >.<
don't feel bad, it's a tricky one :|b
But it's so obvious! DX
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Do let me know if you've anything challenging.
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I'm always happy to indulge an enterprising puzzler. Here is another:
0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 9, 5, 1, 1, 0, 55, 55, 1, 0, 1
What number is next in the series?
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[Hello I am six years old and I am missing the point entirely.]
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Very good. That must mean there is something wrong with my work. Can you help me fix it?
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1/3 [Voice]
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[ Not going to answer as it's been answered a number of times, but it is kind of amusing. ]
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Yes, I think it's safe to say that I do. May I ask why?
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[Child's play really but that was fun]
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Correct. What did you think of it?
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5 + 5 + 5 = 550Like that? [ n o p e ]
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If you were my instructor, I wouldn't be able to argue with you. Happily, you are not, and so I can.
[in other words, n o p e]
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Seeing how practically everyone solved this already, how about a new one for me?
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A rope ladder hangs from the side of a ship in the ocean. The water comes up to the ninth rung, and the ocean is calm with few waves to speak of.
If the water rises by 40 cm every hour and the rungs of the ladder are each 30 cm apart, which rung will the water level be at in three hours?
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S'okay if I ask for another one? Sounds like everyone's already had a go at this one.
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8 + 8 = 91
I've grown rather fond of it. Unfortunately, the laws of mathematics demand that the equation be balanced. What can I do to balance the equation without altering it at all?
[written | voice] /late, sorry
[voice] not a problem!
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[ she's just staring at all the other replies on this, honestly.. ]
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When life is at its most complicated, I find simplicity to be the greatest respite.
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written;
5 + 5 4 5 = 550
Adding a line to the + makes it a 4!
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Precisely so. Just don't attempt a move like that on a math exam, or you'll doubtless be marked off.
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5 + 5 + 5 = 550This seems like a pretty roundabout way to ask people to correct you.
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What if I say the added line is only allowed to overlap one other stroke from my pen?
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Written, filtered.
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Written, filtered 5ever.
that's a long time
not if i'm with you bb
you're so charming.........!! i'm swooning over here.
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kyaa my hero
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Could I get another?
[It's no challenge to solve something that's already been answered by everyone else.]
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A truck exceeds the height limit of an overpass and becomes wedged underneath it while trying to drive through. It cannot move backward or forward, and so traffic begins to pile up behind it.
The driver reaches the point of desperation when a little boy comes up to him and offers a solution. The driver agrees, and in a matter of moments the truck is happily on its way and the traffic unjammed.
What did the little boy suggest?
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5 + 5 + 5 = 550
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[she don't got this.]
We can't use a squiggly line?
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[Yeah, you know those kids who try to fool teachers by making their a's and d's ambiguous on multiple choice tests? Not slipping by this one!!]
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typos, the bane of my soul
they get the best of us, man
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55015Close enough.
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